Zinc has different hues of colour, some of them being blue, grey or a whitish shade, at times it is shinny in luster. It is very brittle(easily broken) at room temperature ,but when it heated between the temperatures of 100 and 150 Celsius it becomes malleable (can be hammered or flattened into sheets.) Zinc is a conductor of electricity but it sometimes is not depending on how much of it is used. Zinc also burns in air at very high temperatures called high red heat, it is then followed by the production of white clouds that are harmful when inhaled. The density of zinc is 7.140 g/ml which means that it will not float in water and will sink. Zinc is a very heavy metal compared to others.
Most of the time zinc is taken from sulfide ores. These ores are cooked in industrial plants at very high temperatures for a long period of time to form zinc oxide(Zn O). A process where carbon is added is then executed so that the zinc oxide is converted to zinc in metal form.
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